The Seven Sources of Power

An Alternative to Authority

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20178893
AutoresClaude Steiner (autor de correspondencia), Claude M Steiner
Año1987
Volumen17
Número3
Páginas102-104
Fecha de publicación1987-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTransactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1177/036215378701700309
OpenAlexW2442006047
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas1

Power is almost universally and mistakenly seen as the capacity to control other people. In this article power is defined as the capacity to produce change which flows from seven different sources: grounding, passion, control, love, communication, knowledge, and transcendence. Persons whose power or lack of it is exclusively based on the manipulation of others suffer from powerless or authoritarian scripts which compliment each other. Persons who derive their power from a balanced mix of the seven sources described are likely to become Resisters when confronted with authoritarianism

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Epistemology · Passion · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence